House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner by Leah Wilson


House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner
Title : House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner
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ISBN : 1933771232
ISBN-10 : 9781933771236
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 256
Publication : First published October 11, 2007

What do you get when you combine CSI science, the medicine of ER, and an acerbic, pain pill addict with a cane? House MD.

In House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner, the entire cast of the show is on the exam table: Wilson, Cuddy, Foreman, Cameron, Chase and particularly the cantankerous, but brilliant Dr. House.

What makes House tick? Why did he really hire Foreman, Cameron and Chase (and why is it so easy to believe he’s actually subjecting them to some sort of bizarre psychological testing)? What would House be like as a heating and plumbing repairman? And why doesn’t Wilson just stop talking to him already?

Answers to these questions are presented by a team of writers as talented as the team of doctors in House, MD. The prognosis? One heck of a good read.


House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner Reviews


  • Mae

    House Unauthorized is broken down into four sections: essays about the show, essays about House as a character, essays about the psychology of House's character, and essays about the other characters. I found the essays in the first two sections a bit weaker than the others, although there were some gems. On the show as a whole, the argument about critical audiences and the rare moments House tries to dumb itself down in "That Was A Ten" is interesting, as was the look at House's character from a British viewer's perspective. The rest of the second section consists largely of essays comparing House to other well-known characters: M*A*S*H's Hawkeye Pierce and Sherlock Holmes.

    There are several essays in the latter half of the book that I found particularly interesting. "How House Thinks" is a breakdown of the methodology employed by real-world doctors in diagnosing diseases, and how/why House's techniques are comparable to or illustrative of the typical highly-experienced medical professional. "House Calls" uses cognitive psychological research to discuss why House's theories and diagnoses are so often accurate. "But Can He Teach?" analyzes how House influences and teaches Cameron, Chase, and Foreman throughout the first three seasons of the show. "Does God Limp?" discusses how House's chronic pain affects his psychology and diagnostic skills.

    This book is definitely intended for people who enjoy thinking critically. That said, it's not a difficult or boring read by any means.

  • Inez

    Na zmianę załamuję się tłumaczeniem i co ciekawszymi stwierdzeniami autorów. Szczególnie urzekł mnie opis odcinka "Skin Deep": "Ojciec dziewczyny, nieświadomy jej prawdziwej płci, uprawiał z nią seks".

    Całość bardzo nierówna: obok interesujących analiz teksty jakby pisane po obejrzeniu paru losowych odcinków.
    Do tego eseje te pisane były w 2007 r, część chyba nawet przed finałem 3 sezonu. Widać, jak wiele rzeczy rozumiemy teraz inaczej.

    Najbardziej zdziwiło mnie jednak coś, co dotyczy raczej amerykańskiej telewizji i jej widowni, niż konkretnie tego serialu. Kilku autorów stwierdza, że najbardziej kontrowersyjną cechą House'a jest... ateizm.

  • Edyta D

    Najnudniejsza książka z trzech "przewodników" po serialu Dr House.
    Jak dla mnie tylko początek jest rewelacyjny - chodzi mi o rozdział dotyczący sposobu rodzenia/tworzenia się pomysłu na serial. Najpierw były postaci - ich wygląd, cechy, charakter, a ogólny motyw i co za tym idzie zawód i miejsce pracy to było nie lada wyzwanie! House był hydraulikiem, więźniem, profesorem i jeszcze kimś ;) zanim ostatecznie został lekarzem, Cuddy jego szefową, a ekipa ekipą hehe
    Nawet jak nie całą książkę (ja jej nie skończyłam, bo uznałam że nie warto) to KONIECZNIE trzeba przeczytać różne pomysły na pilotażowe odcinki. UBAW PO PACHY :)))

  • S.J. Tyson

    In House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner, the entire cast of the show is examined in short essays by various writers. It examines their personalities and relationships on both a serious and humorous level. My favorite has to be the essay regarding previous incarnations of the House character before it was settled on the character being a doctor. (An English professor, a prisoner, a telemarketer???) Very interesting read for lovers of House, MD...the show and the character.

  • stormhawk

    Collection of essays that attempt to analyze House, M.D., not as interesting as
    House and Philosophy Everybody Lies. Some interesting insights are presented, but nothing that actually rises to the level of surprising.

  • Marzena

    A tough read. Most of the essays would focus on first two seasons and while some were interesting, some were quite boring. All of them were repetitive and made the book disappointing.